1938-04-28 — Page 22

Bach's Second Suite For Flutes & Strings

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 28, 1938.

Today's Wireless

12-12.20 p.m.-Relay of Service of In- tercession from St. John's Cathedral. 12.30 p.m.-B.BC. Symphony Orches- tra & Lawrence Tibbett (Baritone). 1 p.m.-Local Time Signal and Wea-

ther Report.

1.03 p.m.-Musical Comedy Selections.

ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c.'s:

Aurora's 803 Tchaikovsky

Wedding-Ballet Music. Played by The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Extrem Kurta

1.30 p.m-Reuter and Rugby Press, 18.25 pm-Gaspar. Cassado (Cello).

Weather Forecast

ments.

1.40 p.m-Variety.

2.15 p.m.-Glose down.

and

Announce-

5-8.03 p.m.-European Programme. 8.03-11 p.m.-Chinese Programme.

5 p.m.-Relay of the Dance Orchestra from the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel.

6 p.m.-Studio-The Children's Houz. 7 p.m.-Bach--Suite No. 2 in B Minor for Flutes & Strings. Played by Willen Mengelberg and His Concert- gebouw Orchestra.

7.28 p.m-Closing Local Stock Quota-

tions.

'At The Black Dog. Mr. Wilkes at home in his own bar-pariour. Presented by 19 Pascoe Thornton and S. E. Reynolds.

7.30 p.m.-London Relay

8 pm. Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements.

8.03 pm-Chinese Programme--Studio

Concert.

11 p.m.-Close down.

BRIDGE NOTES-

How

Melodie (Tschaikowsky Op. 42, No.

3). Humoreską (Dvorak Op. 101, No. 7) 8.37 p.m.Tenor and Soprano Solos.

La Mattinata (Leoncavallo). A Marecchaare (Di Giacomo-Tosti). Enzo de Muro Lomanto (Tenor). Marmella Mis Neapolitan Folk Song

(Trans. Giannini).

O Sole Mio (Di Capua).

Dusolina Giannini (Soprano). Sweet Melody Of Night (From "Give

Us This Night').

I Mean To Say I Love You (From

'Give Us This Night).

Jan Kiepura (Tenor)," Serenade (Toselli-D'Amor). Ninon Vallin (Soprano).

The B.B.C p.m.-London Relay

Conductor, Leslie Singers (B). Woodgate.

Five Loice of Hemick: (a) Cupid; (b) A Dirge; (c) Morning Song:

(e) (d) To Electra

To Violets

(Boger, Quilter).

By ELY CULBERTSON

Good Are You?

IC-A 3 7 6 4 2

Mr. Culbertson is conducting,|_ WEST- through this column, an examina-|S.—J 10 2 tion of bridge players. Rate your-H.-K 7 2 self by subtracting from 100 the D.-5 points for each wrong answer.

Question 27 of the national self- rating bridge examination was:

Question 27: You are East, de- fending against a four spade con- tract. West opened the diamond king. Dummy and your hand are as follows:

NORTH (Dummy)

D-A 6 3

EAST $-254 H-10 63 D-AKJ 9 8 C.—Q J

SOUTH S.AK 9 8 3- H K J 5 D.-72

C-K 10 3

The bidding:

South West North

Elast

ZEK 640 Ec.'s.

Three Elizabethan Songs: (a) Sweet Day; (b) The Willow Song; (c) O Mistress Mine (R. Vaughan Williams).

9,15 pm-London Relay-World Af-

fairs'. A talk by H. V. Hodson. 19.30 p.m.-London Relay-The News.

9,50 pm-Variety Programme.

Xylophone Solo-Rio De Janeiro (de Gredos); Joey The Clown (Myers) Rudy Starita (Xylophone) with Orchestra. Trumpet Solo-High Hat, Trumpet

Ballet Music: Tchaikovsky's

Aurora's Wedding

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GS 2153 Mc/s (13.93 m.) GSB 2147 Mc/s- (18,97 zs.) GSG 17.79 Mc/s. (16.86 m.) GSO 15.18 Me/s (19.76 m.) 10.45 am-Big Ben. The Gang Smash- er' (Episode 4). A radio serial from the novel The Gang Smasher by Hugh Clevely.

11.05 am.-Alfred Van Dam and his State Orchestra, from the Gaumont State Cinema, Kilburn, London. 11.30 am. At the Black Dog,'

Wilkes at home in his own bar-par- lour.

Mr.

A the

And Rhythm (Valaida); Until The 12.00 noon-The St. Lawrence.' Real Thing Comes Along...Valsida picture in word and music of (Queen of the Trumpet) with! grest Canadian river. Swing Accompaniment

12.30 p.m.-Dance Music. Piano Solo-Charlie Kanz Piano 1.00 p.m.-The B.B.C. Singers.

Medley Na Ri 5....Charlie Kmz. 115 pm-World Affairs. A talk by

E. V. Hodson. VocalBrewster's Millions (Noble)

& Furber)....Jack Buchanan and 1.30 p.m.--The News and Announce Geraldo and His Orchestra with ments. Greenwich Time Signal st

1.45 p.m. Chorus Accordeon Solo--Sedibal, One-Step 157 pm-Close down.

Arabe (Brunest); Bell Ringer, Maurice Fox-Trot (Brunest) Alexander with Orch.

Vocal Cryin' My Heart Out For Yon (Johnson & Hopkins); Lullaby (From 'Let's Sing Again').

Kitty Masters with Orch.

10.30 p.m.-Dance Music. 11 pm-Close down.

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GSG 17.79 Mc/s (15.86 ESO 15.18 Mc/s (19.76 GSD 11.75 Mc/s (25.53 GSB 9.51 mc/s (31,55 GMT

6.00 am-Big Ben. Take your Choice. A weekly entertainment feature. 6.45 2 World Affairs. A talk by

H. V. Hodgun.

7.00 am. The BBC Empire Orches-

17.40

he 3.M.

Thousand Two Guineas'. A commentary on the race, from Newmarket Racecourse. 750 The News and Announce ments. Greenwich Time Signal at 8.00 a.m.

1 spade 2 clubs 2 diamonds Double

Pass Pass 2 spades Pass"

North's free bid was, of course, too terrible to deserve comment.

West opened the singleton dia- 8.15 a.m.-Close Down mond, Dummy docked, and

the

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GSE 2147 Mc/s (18.97 m.) GSG 17.79 Mc/s (16.86 11.). GSF 15.14 Mc/s (19.82 m.)

GST (to 3.30 p.m.) 21.53 Mc/1 1.57 pm-Opening Annoncements. 2.00 p.m.-Big Ben. The Central Band of His Majesty's Royal Air Force. 2.30 pm-The Gang Smasher' (Epi- sode 4). A radio serial from the novel The Gang Smasher' by Hugh Clevely..

2.50 p.m.-Strauss Waltzes. 3.00 p.m.-Made in Great Britain'-7: Renland Industries. This is the seventh of a series of recorded pro- grammes which aim at giving a cross-section of the country and the industries and interests of its people. This programme will tell you something of the work of the flint-knappers of Brandon, the pulp- ware manufactures of Thetford and the mustard-growers of Norwich. 3.30 p.m.-The Dansant' Eddie Car-

roll and his Music.

4.00 p.m.-The News and Announce- ments. Greenwich Time Signal at 4.15 p.m. 4.20 p.m.- Matters of Moment.”

talk by the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Lyt- ton.

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4.35 pm-Bird-song. Broadcast from the Forestry Commission near Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. 4.50 p.m. Scots Songs. 5.00 p.m.-Close down.

S.-E 3 2 H-39 5 2

C-QJ9

EAST

S.-7 6 5 4

H.-Q 10

D.-J 5

Jeight won. East returned the club

queen.

club The ace wu, and a

the was returned. East cashed diamond king, West discarding the low C-K 8 7 5 4 heart deuce, and then led a

some Declarer, after

What's On At the Cinemas

The diamond ace won the first diamond.

with the

picture.

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a big cast of lovely girls. A gay Parisian zumance, with Gordon and Revel song hits, dazzling dames, glittering sets, spar- kling comedy and saucy situations.

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AT THE ORIENTAL—“Daughter, va Pilbeam, Cedric Hardwicke, Sybir trick and the club queen is led. Do thought, decided that with the Of Shanghai", with Anna May Wong, Thorndyke, John Mills, Frank Cellier, you or do you not cover?

king-ten of clubs in his own hand Charles Bickford, Larry Crabbe and Felix Aylmer, Miles Malleson, Desmond

many thousands. queen jack in East's, West Cecil Cunningham. A vivid and drama- Tester and a cast of Answer: You should not cover and

*... billion-dollar "flesh" racket, the high AT THE MAJESTIC—"Head Over There is nothing to be gained by must have started with a six card tie insight into the workings of the doing so. Your partner, West, may club suit and, therefore, could see game of sneaking aliens into the Unit Heels In Love With Jessie Mat- have the club tea. If you cover that he would be caught between ed States past the immigration author-thews, Louis Borell, Robert Flemyng, the queen the declarer wins with two fires, hence discarded the good lifes, is one of the highlights of the Whitney Bonne, and the ace, your partner's becomes club ten. West ruffed "fimessable." Or declarer may hold spade deuce and, hoping to promote the blank club ace and your cover his spade jack by East's forcing a

AT THE KING'S—“Nine DaysTM A needlessly establishes the jack. You high trump from declarer, return-

AT THE QUEEN'S AND ALHAM- should play low on the queen and ed the deuce of clubs.

Queen" History's most poignant and Declarer read West's intention touching romance sees lovely little BBA-Romance. In The Dark", wita wait to cover the jack, if and when led (If you covered the queen take and carefully refrained from ruf-Lady Jane Grey tossed by scheming Gladys Swarthout, John Boles and politicians onto the throne of Tudor John Barrymore. A gay comedy and two points demerit.)

fing with one of Dummy's trumps, England and left by them to the rollicking romance with new music: since the rank of these would force mercy of Bloody Mary. Presenting No-and songs. de East to play an honour and, thus, con-drive out one of declarer's own high

TO-DAY'S QUESTION Question 28:--You are West, clarer in a three to trump

tract. North opens the three of honours. Instead, he discarded a spades. Your hand and Dummy are as follows: WEST "6. —A Q 8

E-A K7 D.- 9.5 2 C-K 10 3

EAST (Dummy) S-6 5 4 E-QJ

D. 10 8 7 6

G-AQ4 South plays the spade king to his partner's three spot. As declarer, how do you play the hand?

TODAY'S HAND ́Match” point duplicate.

South; dealer.

Neither side vulnerable.

NORTH

S H-A 9:8 4 DN 10 6. 43 C95

diamond from Dummy. East, fast asleep, ruffed in with a low spade, precisely as declarer had hoped. The spade eight..overruffed, and trumps were drawn in two leads, then the heart queen was led through West, having foolishly discarded a heart, now was in the position where he might just as well cover. Dummy's ace won and the nine was successfully firressed through East's ten. Obviously, had West held all these hearts he could have waited and covered the second honour led by declarer, thus ing his side of a heart trick clarer had given the oppone plenty of rope and they had Isponded nobly..

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